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Hi All- I am picking up traveling again in February 2015, and am hoping to travel to California for awhile. I am an emergency medicine nurse and hold a compact license currently. I have already applied to the nursing board in California for temporary and permanent licensure and just awaiting...They received in 12/3/2015. Can anyone give me any pointers? Best locations in California? Best hospitals? Best place to live? Time it will take to get my license? The only agency I have accepted contracts with was Nurses RX back in 2013. I had no problems with them at all, liked my recruiter. This time around Id like other options...so any and all advice is greatly appreciated!

Many times it is who you know. I recommend asking the nurse manager if you can come job shadow and express your long term career goals with the nm

Ive been an OR nurse for 7 years, starting on a neurosurgery team. I quickly learned that that was not my area, as I found it very repetitive. I love vascular and trauma.I am now on an ortho team and love that too. I vote for a new person in the OR to get a good base of a general/vascular procedures and then grow from there. Good luck in your new career!